Combination shipping slip



R. A. BRECUNIER ET AL COMBINATION SHIPPING SLIP Filed Dec. 2, 192'? June25, 1929.

Patented June 25, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAYMOND A. BRECUNIER, GEORGE SHERRILL, AND ALLAN' D. DONNELL,

OF WATER- L00, IOWA, ASSIGNORS TO THE BATH PACKING COMPANY, OF WATERLOO,IOWA.

l COMBINATION SHIPPING- SLIP.

Application filed December 2, 1927. Serial No. 237,172.k

Our invention relates to improvements in combination shipping slips, andthe object of our improvements is to furnish for shippers a convenientdevice of this class having 5 like parts arranged for sequentialseparation from each other at different-.initial stages of handling of apackage or container upon which one part is permanently secured, wherebya consecutive check and record is io made of each such stage of handlingto be ultimately assembled for recording and preservation.

This object we have accomplished by the means which are hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which F ig. 1 is a plan of a slip embodying our invention,as its upper surface appears before folding. 2 is a plan of the oppositeface of the slip as before such folding. F ig. 3 is a top plan of one ofthe divisional parts ofthe slip as secured upon a supporting surface,the other divisional parts having been sequentially removed, exceptseparable end margins thereof which are in this figure shown asalsolsecured upon the supporting surface idly.- l s Our invention is notrestricted toY thel vprecise construction and arrangement of partsherein shown and described, nor to the various details thereof,'a sthesame may be. modilied or rearranged in various particulars withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of our invention, one practicalembodiment of which has been herein illustrated and devariousmodifications in which ourinvention might be embodied.

Our improved combination shipping slip is particularly designed for useby large shippers of goods, who place in a particular car or other meansfor transportation packages or containers of goods to be deliveredthence to different consignees at one station. The intention is toprevent confusion or errors in the distributions at the differentinitial stages of transference of the goods to the means fortransportation, and by the means we supply herein checking of suchstages may be had sequentially, and the check slip parts as removed fromthe slip at each such stage later assembled for comparison, recordingand filino.

Rferring to Figs. 1 and 2 in which our shipping slip is spread outflatly before folding, the numerals 1, 2 and 3 denote parts of scribedwithout attemptingto showall of the the slip having upon one face ofeach identical -printed matter, such as indicative numbering,directions, and other words or. inscriptions, together with a portionsubdivided by means of ruled lines to receive at Z entries of goodsshipped and to which the shipping slip refers. For instance, at a is aserial number for the whole shipment and this number appears on each ofsaid inscribed slip parts. Said slip parts also display at e sequentialnumerals, such as 1, 2 and 3 for the three slip parts for detachmentl atdifferent stages of handling of the goods initially before the actualstoring of the package to which they refer, in a car reserved for themand Whose car number may be entered at Z). Other insertions may be madeat e and f as indicated by the reference words.

The slip may be rendered more easily tearable transversely at suitableplaces by means of lines ofperforations at g, 7i, z' and la, and theseperforated lines also serve as places for .folding over the parts of theslip upon each other beforefabny of the parts 1, 2 and 3 are separatedat the different stages of handling ofthe package. The perforated line gsets ofi` at the left hand a narrow end strip or *margin 4, while theperforated lines 7L and `Z separate from the inscribed slip parts 1 and2 an interposed narrow strip 5 whose use as also that of the other strip4: will be described.

It should be noted that the printed matter upon the spaced, slip parts 1and 3 appears upon the upper face of the slipy before folding, while theprinted matter upon the slip y,part 2 appears upon the nunder face ofthe slip before folding.

When a package of goods is ready in the shipping room of a pla-nt, theslip, its paits l, 2 and 3 previously inscribed with all necessaryentries relating to the goods, the reserved car therefor and other data,is pasted or otherwise secured as a whole after folding of its partsupon each other in registering superposition, upon the package.

The manner of folding is to position the slip part 3 next to thepackage, folding the slip part 2 at the line 7c thereover inregistration, with the strip part 5 extending beyond the part 3 to theright, then refolding the slip reversely along the perforated line 7L,so that the printed face of the part 2 which is uppermost'is covered inregistration by the part 1 whose printed face is also now uppermost,because thesaid part is longer than the underlying part 2 as a blankspace is left at the right hand of the part 1 to o-verlay the said strippart 5. The end marginal strip 4 will then project beyond the part 2 atthe left and contact with the package. As thus folded, the rear faces,alined, of the slip parts 3, l and 5 may be pasted upon the packagepermanently. The slip parts 1 and 2 are thus held at both ends to thepackage and against accidental removal from the part 3 and said package.

When a shipment is to be made, the uppermost inscribed slip part 1 maybe removed for checking there by tearing the slip at the per foratedlines g and 7L. This exposes the slip part 2 beneath, which may besimilarly re moved when the package is placed in the car, and preservedthere for checking purposes, and to be compared with the part 1 laterbefore also comparing them with the book entry of the shipment. Errorsare thus easily detected before departure of the car, and packages forconsignees at the same station segregated properly for and in thereserved car. The end strips 4 and 5 remain upon the package, as their.only use is to intiallyl secure the ends of the slip parts 1 and 2 insuperposition over the part 3 before removal ofV said parts 1 and 2successively at the sequen- .tial stages therefor.

While the securing strips 4 and 5 may be omitted without departing fromthe principle of our invention, yet their use tends to pre-V vent lossof the loosely positioned parts 1 a'nd 2 by accident.

It is to be understood, that but two like inscribed slip parts may beused or any other number thereof than those illustrated y Withoutdeparting from the invention.

Carbon paper or transfer coats may be used atthe back of the parts land2, so that a written inscription made upon the part l will beidentically transferred to the underlying parts 2 and 3, if desired. Thebacks of the parts 3, 4 and 5 may be given a gummed coating.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A combination shipping slip, compris= ing detachably connectedportions in triplicate of which end portions on one face and anintermediate portion on the opposite face contain the same reservedblank spaces with adjacent inscribed designations therefor, one endportion having a blank end tab at its outer end, and having at itsopposite end a like blank end tab integrally connecting it'` to saidintermediate portion, so that when the slip is folded upon itself withthe intermedi ate and the other end portion in piled registration andtheir inscribed faces presented l outwardly, and the first-mentioned endportion is folded in like registration upon said other portions, thesaid end tabs will project oppositely beyond all tions. y

2. A combination shipping slip, compris` ing detachably connectedportions in triplicate of which end portions `on one -face and anintermediate portion on the opposite face contain the same reservedblank spaces with adjacent inscribed designations therefor, saidportions being numbered serially and all having a common identificationinscrip tion, one end portion having a blank end tab at its outer endand having at its opposite end a like blank tab integrally connectingitto said intermediate portion, so that when the slip is .folded uponitself with the interina diate and the other end portion'in piled regis#tration and their inscribed faces presented outwardly, and the firstmentioned portion is folded in likerregistration upon said otherportions, the said end tabs will project oppositely beyond all the saidpiled portions. s In testimony whereof we affix `our signa tures. f 'fRAYMONDA. BRnoUNinn. GEORGE sHERnrLL. i ALLAN D. DONNELL.

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